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<span id="require"></span><h1>Requirements<a class="headerlink" href="#requirements" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<h2>Web server<a class="headerlink" href="#web-server" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Since, phpMyAdmin&#8217;s interface is based entirely in your browser, you&#8217;ll need a
web server (such as Apache, <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-iis"><em class="xref std std-term">IIS</em></a>) to install phpMyAdmin&#8217;s files into.</p>
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<h2>PHP<a class="headerlink" href="#php" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<li>You need PHP 5.2.0 or newer, with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">session</span></tt> support, the Standard PHP Library
(SPL) extension and JSON support.</li>
<li>To support uploading of ZIP files, you need the PHP <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">zip</span></tt> extension.</li>
<li>For proper support of multibyte strings (eg. UTF-8, which is currently
the default), you should install the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mbstring</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ctype</span></tt> extensions.</li>
<li>You need GD2 support in PHP to display inline thumbnails of JPEGs
(&#8220;image/jpeg: inline&#8221;) with their original aspect ratio.</li>
<li>When using the cookie authentication (the default), the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.php.net/mcrypt">mcrypt</a> extension is strongly suggested for most
users and is <strong>required</strong> for 64–bit machines. Not using mcrypt will
cause phpMyAdmin to load pages significantly slower.</li>
<li>To support upload progress bars, see <a class="reference internal" href="faq.html#faq2-9"><em>2.9 Seeing an upload progress bar</em></a>.</li>
<li>To support XML and Open Document Spreadsheet importing, you need PHP
5.2.17 or newer and the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.php.net/libxml">libxml</a>
extension.</li>
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<p class="last"><a class="reference internal" href="faq.html#faq1-31"><em>1.31 Does phpMyAdmin support PHP 5?</em></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="setup.html#authentication-modes"><em>Using authentication modes</em></a></p>
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<h2>Database<a class="headerlink" href="#database" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>phpMyAdmin support MySQL compatible databases.</p>
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<li>MySQL 5.0 or newer</li>
<li>MariaDB 5.0 or newer</li>
<li>Drizzle</li>
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<p class="first admonition-title">See also</p>
<p class="last"><a class="reference internal" href="faq.html#faq1-17"><em>1.17 Which MySQL versions does phpMyAdmin support?</em></a></p>
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